Local Election Results 2011
Wakefield
One-third of council up for election.
STPL = Save Thornes Park and Lightwaves
Other results for Wakefield:
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By-elections for Wakefield (may be incomplete): 21st April 2005 (Horbury & South Ossett)
— 21st January 2010 (Airedale & Ferry Fryston)
— 7th July 2011 (Horbury & South Ossett)
— 21st February 2013 (Castleford C. & Glasshoughton)
— 28th November 2013 (Horbury & South Ossett)
— 24th September 2015 (Pontefract N.)
— 12th October 2017 (Stanley & Outwood E.)
— 23rd November 2017 (Wakefield W.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
49995 |
56.1% |
17 |
| Conservative |
26752 |
30.0% |
4 |
| Liberal Democrat |
4439 |
5.0% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
2821 |
3.2% |
0 |
| Independent |
2657 |
3.0% |
0 |
| Green Party |
831 |
0.9% |
0 |
| British National Party |
759 |
0.9% |
0 |
| Save Thornes Park and Lightwaves |
448 |
0.5% |
0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
355 |
0.4% |
0 |
| Jean Askew |
Lab |
2484 |
52.5% |
| Donald Marshall |
C |
1643 |
34.7% |
| Ian Kitchen |
BNP |
318 |
6.7% |
| David Arthur |
LD |
285 |
6.0% |
| Yvonne Crewe |
Lab |
2611 |
80.6% |
| Mellisa Wan Omer |
C |
627 |
19.4% |
| Heather Hudson |
Lab |
2582 |
64.6% |
| Steven Beeton |
C |
1009 |
25.3% |
| Michael Burch |
LD |
404 |
10.1% |
| Tony Wallis |
Lab |
2641 |
74.5% |
| Alison Bullivant |
UKIP |
477 |
13.5% |
| Eamonn Mullins |
C |
426 |
12.0% |
| Maureen Cummings |
Lab |
2954 |
61.5% |
| Jane Brown |
C |
1446 |
30.1% |
| Christopher Pilkington |
LD |
403 |
8.4% |
| Graham Isherwood |
Lab |
2707 |
62.7% |
| Steve Vickers |
Ind |
1093 |
25.3% |
| June Harrison |
C |
516 |
12.0% |
| Glyn Lloyd |
Lab |
2322 |
60.0% |
| Raymond Warren |
Ind |
1078 |
27.8% |
| Philip Davies |
C |
471 |
12.2% |
| Brian Holmes |
Lab |
2433 |
49.1% |
| Alyson Ripley |
C |
2048 |
41.3% |
| Mark Goodair |
LD |
473 |
9.5% |
| Glenn Burton |
Lab |
1803 |
57.8% |
| Johnathan Wadey |
C |
493 |
15.8% |
| Jack Wright |
Ind |
486 |
15.6% |
| Nathan Garbutt |
UKIP |
336 |
10.8% |
| David Dagger |
Lab |
2266 |
64.2% |
| Jean Molloy |
C |
649 |
18.4% |
| Bryan Barkley |
UKIP |
613 |
17.4% |
| Angela Taylor |
C |
2178 |
43.4% |
| Tony Richardson |
Lab |
2039 |
40.6% |
| David Smith |
LD |
801 |
16.0% |
| Pat Garbutt |
Lab |
2261 |
60.1% |
| Chris Speight |
C |
894 |
23.8% |
| Justin Hudson |
UKIP |
403 |
10.7% |
| Rennie Smith |
Grn |
205 |
5.4% |
| Tony Dean |
Lab |
2734 |
53.9% |
| Philip Booth |
C |
2341 |
46.1% |
| Steve Tulley |
Lab |
3613 |
78.3% |
| Chris I'Anson |
C |
563 |
12.2% |
| Darren Lumb |
BNP |
441 |
9.6% |
| Clive Hudson |
Lab |
2478 |
55.7% |
| Richard Wakefield |
C |
1611 |
36.2% |
| Margaret Dodd |
LD |
360 |
8.1% |
| Ronald Halliday |
Lab |
2497 |
63.5% |
| Anthony Bracewell |
C |
786 |
20.0% |
| Mick Griffiths |
TUSC |
355 |
9.0% |
| Rob Bell |
LD |
294 |
7.5% |
| Margaret Isherwood |
Lab |
2096 |
57.4% |
| Gareth Hunt |
C |
915 |
25.1% |
| Keith Wells |
UKIP |
379 |
10.4% |
| Doug Dale |
LD |
259 |
7.1% |
| Ian Sanders |
C |
2384 |
44.3% |
| John Newsome |
Lab |
2310 |
42.9% |
| Miriam Hawkins |
Grn |
418 |
7.8% |
| Dennis Cronin |
LD |
271 |
5.0% |
| Monica Graham |
C |
2545 |
55.0% |
| Nick Brown |
Lab |
1610 |
34.8% |
| Stephen Nuthall |
LD |
469 |
10.1% |
| Bill Sanders |
C |
1569 |
40.4% |
| Hilary Mitchell |
Lab |
1521 |
39.1% |
| Norman Tate |
STPL |
448 |
11.5% |
| Brian Else |
Grn |
208 |
5.4% |
| Susan Morgan |
LD |
140 |
3.6% |
| Charlie Keith |
Lab |
2033 |
44.5% |
| Richard Hunt |
C |
1638 |
35.9% |
| David Dews |
UKIP |
613 |
13.4% |
| Sean McHale |
LD |
280 |
6.1% |
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